poisson,
i am one of those people who gets invited to pre-screen certain movies although this one was not one of them since it wasn’t being released in my area. i was not suggesting going to an extreme. i didn’t suggest that you needed to review every new stripper at the local club or try every new drug that comes out. but the youth culture in which i am involved is one that is repleate with non-Christians who will see this movie and i for one could not be honest with them if i didn’t see it because this would be a movie they ask me about. they aren’t going to come ask me about pornography as they already know my response, but this movie (just like the passion) is stirring up enough buzz that they will look to me to see what i think. they will even ask me specific questions about the movie. the youth i work with don’t attend church (for the most part, the ones who do i can say, “hey don’t see this movie”) so i can’t tell them to change their behavior until God changes their heart for as we all know it’s not behavior that saves us but God’s grace and our response to it in our hearts and after that our actions give testimony to what is in our hearts. these are the reasons i went to see this movie and you have your reasons not to see it, but don’t assume you can speak intelligently (i am not saying you are not intelligent, i am saying that you can’t speak with any type of authority on this subject) about the movie. i have never been to rome, but i have seen pictures and heard stories, but i don’t assume i can describe the pros and cons of rome to anyone especially people who have been there.
